Executive Business Meeting

April 24, 2006

An Executive Business Meeting has been scheduled by the Committee on the Judiciary for Thursday,
April 27, 2006 at 9:30 a.m., in the Senate Dirksen Building Room 226.

By order of the Chairman

AGENDA

Executive Business Meeting

Senate Judiciary Committee

226 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, April 27, 2006 at 9:30 a.m.

I. Nominations

Norman Randy Smith

to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit

Brett Kavanaugh

to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the DC Circuit

Michael Ryan Barrett

to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio

Brian M. Cogan

to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York

Thomas M. Golden

to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Timothy Anthony Junker

to be United States Marshal for the Northern District of Iowa

Patrick Smith

to be United States Marshal for the Western District of North Carolina

II. Bills

S. 2453, National Security Surveillance Act of 2006

[Specter]

S. 2455, Terrorist Surveillance Act of 2006

[DeWine, Graham]

S. 2468, A bill to provide standing for civil actions for declaratory and injunctive relief to persons who refrain from electronic communications through fear of being subject to warrantless electronic surveillance for foreign intelligence purposes, and for other purposes

[Schumer]

S. 2557, Oil and Gas Industry Antitrust Act of 2006

[Specter, Kohl, DeWine, Leahy, Feinstein, Durbin]

S. 2292, A bill to provide relief for the Federal judiciary from excessive

rent charges

[Specter, Leahy, Cornyn, Feinstein, Biden]

S. 2039, Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act of 2005

[Durbin, Specter, DeWine, Leahy, Kennedy, Feinstein, Feingold, Schumer]

III. Matters

S.J. Res. 1, Marriage Protection Amendment

[Allard, Sessions, Kyl, Hatch, Cornyn, Coburn, Brownback, DeWine]